FP&A Controller

Building a sustainable tomorrow

What if it brought more purpose, more growth, more balance – and more time for what really matters? BAM is where you can do your best work on projects that improve people’s lives. And it's also where you’ll find the freedom to grow, the support to thrive, and the chance to shape your career on your terms.

Reporting directly to the UK&I FP&A Director, you’ll take ownership of all FP&A activities for your segment. Acting as a critical bridge between Divisional Finance and the business unit for Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow for both actuals and forecast. In this dynamic position, you’ll deliver high-quality, value-driven management information that influences decision-making at both Divisional and Group level, while providing expert financial guidance to enhance performance and support strategic execution. You’ll also play a pivotal role in ensuring robust, efficient management reporting, insight and compliance—making a real, visible impact on both finance and the wider business. Beyond this, the role plays a critical part in the evolution of finance through being a key enabler of change, helping to transform the function into a digitally enabled. efficient, insight-driven one, aligned to the future needs of the organisation and the industry.

Your team

This role will be based out of our Kill, Kildare office. 

What’s in it for you?

Opportunities! Opportunities to work with a great team on some of Irelands largest, dynamic and most exciting construction, civil and FM projects. Opportunity to develop your skills to the highest industry standards at one of the country's largest construction firms.
We are committed to our employees and offer strong competitive salaries along with great benefits.

• 8% pension contribution.
• Private Health Insurance.
• Dental Plan.
• 26 days annual leave, incremental with years service.
• 2 Wellbeing days annually.
• Paid maternity & paternity leave.
• Learning & Development opportunities - internal progression is encouraged and fostered.
• Company vehicles (role dependent).
• .....and many more great perks.

Making Possible

• Leading and evolving FP&A for a core BAM Segment, taking full ownership of planning, forecasting, and performance management to drive smarter, faster decision-making. 
• Orchestrating the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles, collaborating with Divisional FP&A and Business Controllers to deliver cohesive, insight-led plans.
• Taking end-to-end ownership of the Segment’s CTC forecasting, building robust, forward-looking projections that support strategic decisions.
• Taking end-to-end ownership of the consolidated cashflow forecasting and associated narrative.
• Partnering closely with the Segment Finance Director, playing a key role in the day-to-day leadership and direction of the finance function.
• Acting as a strategic connector between Divisional Finance and the business, connecting UK&I Divisional FP&A with Segment Business Unit Finance to ensure alignment and clarity.
• Partnering with business leaders to unlock value, providing expert financial guidance that shapes strategy and drives continuous improvement. 
• Driving performance excellence across the segment, identifying opportunities, influencing outcomes, and embedding a culture of accountability and innovation.
• Drive best in class financial consolidation in SAP BPC, shaping powerful management insights and continuously optimising processes for accuracy and efficiency.
• Ensure strong tax compliance in partnership with the UK&I Tax team, maintaining rigorous standards across Corporation Tax, PAYE, and VAT.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Segment Finance Manager, building capability and fostering a culture of growth and accountability.
• Deliver powerful financial insights to senior leadership, using modelling, forecasting, and profitability analysis to influence key decisions.
• Develop compelling business cases and ROI models, enabling confident investment and strategic decision-making.

What do you bring to the role?

• Delivering insightful, high-impact management information that goes beyond reporting. Bringing clarity, foresight, and challenge to Segment and Divisional stakeholders against set performance metrics and translating financial insight into meaningful actions that accelerates predictable performance.
• Drive the finance narrative from end to end, creating a unified, compelling story and acting as the central hub for all finance-related insight and decision support.
• Championing continuous improvement and best-in-class management reporting and compliance across systems and processes, ensuring processes are not only accurate and efficient but also future-ready and scalable. 
• Work closely with BAM Segment Finance Director, UK&I Divisional Finance teams and SSC to develop and implement a sound financial planning and management reporting framework that contributes to predictable financial performance of the business. 
• Develop and implement clear financial planning and management reporting standards for the Business Unit Finance teams in the BAM Segment.
• Promotes the capture of best practice, systems development and knowledge sharing.

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel we need to do something to make it more accessible to you, do not hesitate to let us know.

Click the link to apply and Join us in making possible

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